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Sodom, Sodoma
Morrish Bible Dictionary
or This city is first mentioned as a boundary of the Canaanites. Genesis 10:19 . Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom, but it is recorded that the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked before the Lord. Afterwards he dwelt therein, and was carried away captive when Sodom was taken by the five kings from the East. It is related that about the time when God fulfilled His promise of a son to Abraham, the cry of Sodom and their grievous sin had come up to Him, and He communicated to Abraham His intention to destroy the city; but, on the pleading of Abraham, He said He would not destroy it if there were ten righteous persons found therein; ten, however, were not found. Lot, his wife, and two daughters were rescued by two angels, and God rained down fire and brimstone on the place, and it was utterly destroyed. Though it was doubtless in the vicinity of the Salt Sea, its site cannot be identified. Genesis 14:2-22; Genesis 18:16-32; Genesis 19:1-28 .
Sodom is regarded in scripture as a symbol of wickedness. Isaiah calls the heads of Judah the 'rulers of Sodom.' Isaiah 1:10; cf. Ezekiel 16:46-56; Revelation 11:8 . The Lord, to show the exceeding wickedness of rejecting Him, after hearing His gracious words and seeing His mighty works, declared that it would be more tolerable in a day of judgement for Sodom than for the cities that rejected Him. Luke 10:12 . The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha, both as to its suddenness and completeness, is held up as a warning to sinners of coming judgements. Luke 17:29; Jude 7 . In Romans 9:29 it is called SODOMA.
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Sodom, Sodoma'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/s/sodom-sodoma.html. 1897.
